CVE-2026-117645VulnerabilityPublished 30 Oct 2026

phoenixframework · Cross-site Scripting

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-117645· Medium 5.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to 4.4.0 or 3.3.5 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 23:22 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (EEF)	CVSS 4.0	5.3

Patch: Available – fixed in 4.4.0, 3.3.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Passive
Vulnerable system confidentiality: Low
Vulnerable system integrity: Low
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Passive: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires limited interaction by the targeted user with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload. These interactions would be considered involuntary and do not require that the user actively subvert protections built into the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

ghsa-jwcv-27cf-c7j5

What to do

Upgrade phoenix_html to 4.4.0 or 3.3.5.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
phoenixframeworkphoenix_html	Affected >=4.0.0 <4.4.0	Fixed in 4.4.0
phoenixframeworkphoenix_html	Affected >=1.0.0 <3.3.5	Fixed in 3.3.5
phoenix_htmlphoenixframework/phoenix_html	Affected ≥ 6ad3a1d7960891a468d54636054a98e11dfb5111, < d9e4e6b2d9be49e25fb6d6b4fdbb2008174f01a6	Fixed in–
Hexphoenix_html`pkg:hex/phoenix_html`Other threats	Affected >=1.0.0 <3.3.5 >=4.0.0 <4.4.0	Fixed in 3.3.5 4.4.0

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid using untrusted input to construct attribute keys rendered by HEEx <tag {@attrs}>, content_tag/3, or direct calls to phoenix_html functions. Validate and sanitize all attribute names before rendering to prevent injection of malicious attributes or scripts.

Description

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in phoenix_html, a component of the Phoenix Framework, due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. The vulnerability arises because attribute names are not properly escaped, allowing an attacker controlling attribute names to inject malicious attributes and scripts into rendered HTML. This affects phoenix_html versions from 1.0.0 before 3.3.5 and from 4.0.0 before 4.4.0. The issue occurs when untrusted input is used to build attribute keys rendered through HEEx <tag {@attrs}>, content_tag/3, or direct calls. The vulnerability has a medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.3.

Impact

Successful exploitation allows an attacker who controls attribute names to inject arbitrary attributes and script code into HTML pages generated by phoenix_html, potentially leading to Cross-site Scripting attacks. This can result in execution of malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, impacting confidentiality and integrity of user data. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.3. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the published date.

Summary

The phoenix_html library in the Phoenix Framework suffers from an XSS vulnerability due to improper escaping of attribute names in HTML generation. While attribute values are escaped, attribute names are not fully sanitized, allowing injection of attributes and scripts via specially crafted keys. The key_escape/1 function escapes quotes and angle brackets but not whitespace, enabling an attacker to break out of attributes and inject new ones. Atom keys are only dasherized, permitting dangerous characters including quotes and >. This vulnerability affects phoenix_html versions from 1.0.0 before 3.3.5 and from 4.0.0 before 4.4.0. Exploitation requires the application to build attribute keys from untrusted input and render them using HEEx or related functions.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Oct 2026, 23:22 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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